Facing the Music

[Andrew Lonon]

Hello Everyone:

Facing the Music
Come to think of it – I’m not even sure what the heck that means- “facing the music” - but that’s something people say in situations like this. I guess.

First of all: –Apologies-
I would like to apologize to anyone who thinks I may have ignored their posts or neglected them. Even more so for anyone who is pissed (can I say that – OH yea – I’m the moderator – so I guess so) about the delay for Salvo. I realized after working things out with Shrapnel that EVERYONE who had already preordered or was planning on purchasing Salvo was receiving absolutely noting for the delay, cuz you are all PC people by definition. I don’t have a good recovery here, so all I can do is say that I am sorry for the delay, and that it is necessary for the future of Salvo to broaden the support base. More involvement in the first round will improve the updates and following products. FWIW - If you are pissed, please take it out on me – let me have it!

Update:
The prep work for bringing on the Mac functionality has caused a little erosion in my progress, and there was also some inherent slippage. <G> I have triaged some of the campaigns (Shortened or even truncated to single battles) to recover time, but all in all - I am happy with where I am at. As soon as the Mac beta testers are lined up and the game ahas passed the first round of Mac testing – the demo will be out.

Bringing It Together:
Back to the first part – about apologies and whatnot. Making a game is hard and I have been cranking to try to get all the details done. The last few weeks have been a bit rough, but a lot of the grunt work is done. The Battles / Campaigns will need a little tweaking & polishing, and (gulp) I have a significant laundry list of fixes and tweaks for the code. <I’m probably not supposed to say that – but the list is actually fairly minor stuff, like: Adding a ‘fouled’ roll-over cursor.> However, all of this should be easily manageable within the next round of testing, and Salvo should clear the next deadline with ease. (personal comment about ‘should’ removed)

Additionally – With the campaigns done and the total battles in place or in the works: Salvo is 99% done. The tweaks and fixes from the next round of testing should both finish the code and also flush out any problems in the campaigns.

Recursions:
PDF, FJ_MD & the rest – If I have not replied to your post – I will be revisiting it soon. The only thing I can say is that something or other had been taking up my time. I have been visiting the forums and am totally blown away with the activity – but I was never any good at OHIO and only visit the forums at the end of the day:: totally pooped. I don’t have internet in my office or working environment cuz Id get nothing done –Id be too busy looking up the price of Mac Minis. <RIGHT?>. However – I do hope to have the situation under control directly, so you can expect a little less neglect.

TTFN